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High vitamin D levels at breast cancer diagnosis may be associated with a better prognosis

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/vitamin-d-and-prognosis
Full article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2580715

Vitamin D is most known for its role in maintaining bone health but vitamin D has additional roles in keeping us healthy. In this study, researchers found that breast cancer patients who had the highest amounts of vitamin D in their blood (slightly over the recommended levels) had better health outcomes, including overall survival, than women with lower amounts of vitamin D. This finding adds to the growing evidence for the role of vitamin D in cancer, but it does not change how breast cancer is prevented or treated. (1/10/17)

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